ELEVENTH

AN'NUAL REPORT

OF THE

RELIGIOUS TRACT SOCIETY,

188 9.

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SHANGHAI: AMERICAN PRESBYTERIAN MISSION PRESS.

1890.

We can conscientiously qnd earnestly commend the objects of this Society to the Christian public. None of our officers receive any salary from the Society and every cent contributed goes directly to the work. Anyone wishing a share in the Wor k, may send their contributions to our Treasurer, Rev. J. E. Cardwell, China Inland Mission, Shanghai, China.

ELEVENTH

ANNUAL REPORT

OF 'l'HE

CHINESE RELIGIOUS TRACT SOCIETY,

188 9 .

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SHANGHAI: AMERICAN PRESBYTERIAN MISSION PRESS.

1890.

OFFICERS AND COMMITTEES .

• President:

REV. A. P. HAPPER, D.D., LL.D.

Vice.Presid,entR :

REV. 1. K. Y&x, ~I.A. I REV. C. F. REID, }I.A..

Treasurer:

REV. J. E. CARDWELL.

Editor:

REV, JQRX ,VHERRY, D.TI,

Examining Committee:

REV. J. EDKINS, D.D~, Oha'irman~

f{EV~ Y .• J'.,..ALLEN, D.D.,LL"D'I HEV. T~LU JIK-KWAE,

REV. Y. h .. YEN., 1ILA. SUNG I\IOH-KONG, ESQ ..

REV. D. VV HEl>.RI~G.

Executive Committee:

REV. Y. K. YEN, liLA., Ohai?'man. REV. C. F. RElfl. l{}~v. D. ,y HERRING .•

HEY. J. l\L 1V FARNH.UI. REV. H. N. 'Voo. REV~ J. E. CAHVWELL.

HEV~ D. S. MURRAY.

HEY. E. H. TH01liSON.

l\lR. ,y OKG V lING-S.

(lorresponding Secretaries:

REV. J. 1\1:. vV. FARNHAl\i. I HEV. E. H. THOMSON.

Recording Secretaries-:

REV. D. S. MUltJRAY. I MR. ,r ONG VUNG-S.

Bankers:

HONGKO~G A.ND SUANOHAI BA~ING COnpORATION~

BOARD OF TRUSTEES. ALLEN, REV. Y. J., D.D., LL.D. #m~ Shanghai. BAU, REV. TSIH.DZAE ~~li " CARDWELL. REV. J. E. ~l!':ii CHAN, REV'. SOONG.LU ~ ~~ lit Nantsiang. CHAU,REV.HOK Canton. DOUTHWAITE, REV. A. W., M.D. ~ 7t.~ Chefoo. EDKINS, REV. JOSEPH, D.D. ~ *.';J ~ Shanghai. FARNHAM, REV. J. M. W., D.D. ~ *.';J ~ Shanghai. GALPIN, REV. FRANK mil ~7t. Ningpo. GODDARD, REV. J. R. ~ ~ " RAPPER, REV. A.P.,M.D., D.D.,LL.D. * pIS Canton. HERRING, REV. D. W. 1m ~ Shanghai. JUDSON, REV. J. H. ~~~ Hangchow. LOWRY, REV. H. H., D.D. il] 7t. ~ . Peking. MASON, REV. G. L. ~ IYh .Wl. Boochow. "MARSHALL, REV. C. K. 11f.:r'll Soochow. McCOY, REV. D. C. ~:St.~ Peking. MUIRHEAD, REV. WILLIAM :At~mt Shanghai. MURRAY, REV. D. S. 4t*m REID, REV. C. F. ~ 1~ " ~IA, REV: SIH. UNG ~ ~ .~. Fooehow. SUNG KIOH.HONG, MR. ttiii Bft l:)baughai. SZ, RBV. TSZ.KIA. J1!..:r " TAYLOR, REV. J. HUDSON, ¥Om. 1m " M. H.C.S., F.R.G.S. THOMSON, REV. E. ll. mim~ " TIONG, KIU.KO, MR. ~JLlil Fooehow. TONG, REV. T. T. lJl¥A r:p Shanghai. TSIU, REV. JIN·KWAE Ji'ij 1m ~Q Ningpo. TSOONG, TS.NUNG, 1I1R. iii .:r- 1m f:ihanghai. VOONG, VUNG.SIU, MR. ~!t"1i7 " WHERRY, REV. JOHN, D.D. ;tfar.~ Peking. WILLIAMSON, REV. A., LL.D. :&tm: g! l:)haughai. WONG, REV. PING.SAN j{J1 - " WONG, VUNG.SZ, MR. X. ~ ,1M WONG, YIH.SAN, MR. • ~= " WON G, REV. Y. T. 3:)) :1ft " WOO, REV. H. N. ~JlU:x WOO, TSZ.ZIANG, MR, ~.:r iJJ YEN, REV Y. K., M.A. M ~ *m YING, REV. ZAU.KOO ~;m 'i!i' Peking. YU, REV. SIH.KAU ~~~ C~lltOll.

LOCAL SE~RETARIES. ABBEY, REV. R. ·E. ADAMS, REV. J. S. ATWOOD, REV. 1. J. BENDER, REV". H. BLACK, MIS5

BRAMFITT, REV. T. BRIDIE, REV. vV BROWN, G. G. BROlJM.TON, REV. J. E .... BURKE, REV. W B. CAMERON, J., M.D.

CHAPI~, REV. F 1'1. COCKBUR~, REv. G. COOK, REV. J. A. B. CORBETT, REV. H., n.D.

CO"CLTHAIW, REV. J. J. CausLAND, P. B., 1\I.B.C.l\l.

DAMON, REV. P. W DON, ALEXANDER, ESQ.

GI11\IAN, REv. F. P. GRLlI·n, D., l\1.B.C.M.

HAD, REV. J. HAGER, REV C. R. HERROX, J. W., M.D.

HILl" REV. l\I. B. HINDS, REV. J. HYKES, REV. J. R. INNOCENT, REV. G. :M. H.

Nanking. Kinhwa-fu.* Taiku.t Kayingchow.:l:

Fancheng. 'r~ Wusueh. Fatsha.n.~

Lanchow.~,

'Vuchang. Soongkong." Chungking.

;.. ;t?'angchwang . .,y Ichang. Singapore. Chefoo. Chowkiaku.~~

Swatow. Honolulu. Riverton, N. Z. Hoihow. Chinchew.** Chonglok.:l: Hongkong. Spoul, Corea.

Nautsiang.11

Kaiping·t Kiukiang. Laoling.t

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JOYNER, REV. J. 1\1. .JONES, REV. A.. G. KENMURE, MR. A. KERR, REV. A. J. LA.UGHLI~, RKV. J. H .... LOERCHER, REV. J. G ...• LOWRY, REV. H. H., D.D.

MACCA-RTHY, REY. JOHN

:MACFARLAND, REV. S. G., D.O.

M~CGOWAN, REV. J. }.{AcINTYIl.E, REv. J. :MACKAY, REV. G. L., n.D.

MASON, REv. G. L. ~IATEI!:R, REV. ·C. W., D.D.

],{EADOWS, REV. J. :MOKGAN, REV. E. PARKER., Rev. A. P., D.D.

P.H1KER, RIW. H. J. . .. PA'l'l'EHSO~, WA.LTER, E::;Q.

PIERSON, REv. ISAAC •••

PORTER, REV. H. D., M.D.

PYKK, REv. J. H. RlelD, Rgv. G. RIDDLE, REV. W., 'M.U.C.M.

RUDLAXD, REV. 1V D. SELKIRK, MR. THOMAS

SHEFFIELD, REv. D. Z. SOO'l'HILL, REv. "\V. E. SPRAGUE, REV. vV P. S1'ANLEY, REv. C. A. STUART, REV. J. L.

Whangbien. tt Chillgch0wfu.~

Canton. -San Francisco.

W ei~lien. tt Sinon.: Peking. YangcIJOw. Bangkok, Sia.m. Amoy.

Newchwang. Tamsui. Hoochow. Tungchow. tt Shaohing.* Taiyuen-fu.:: Soochow. Shuik\Van.~

Duuedin, N. Z. Pauting-fu. t P'angchia. t 'rsunhua.t

Chinall-fu. tt Ngkang-fu. Taichow.*'

Bhamo.

Tungchow.t Wenchow. Kalgan.t ~riell tsin.

Haugchow.

TAYLOR, VON S. THOMSON, REV. DAVID

l'How, REV. 'V M.

VANSI'ONE, REV. J. G .... WALKER, RK\'. J. E. . .. WALLEY, REv. J. 'VATS9N, RE.V. 'V H .... 'YEBS'i'ER; REV. J. 'VEITE, REY. 'V J. 'Vn.LlAlIsON, REv. J. WOOD, REv. F. 1\fARcFS 'VOODBRIDGE, REY. S. 1.

"" 'via Nil1gpo. t ,pia 'l'ielltsill. ::: c{o Basel Mission, Hongkong. § via Canton. \I c/o Uev. C. F. Reid, Shanghai. ,. c/o Collins & Co., Tieut.ill. •• vi<lAmoy.

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tt 1"jl1. Chefoo.

H okning- f u.1I1I Kiucho\V.~~

fJ..~ai wan-fu.

YUl1.an-fu.~~

Foochow.

'Vuhu. Kwallgchi.~~

JUoukdell.··· 1\Iucao. F,ulIgJtwu.· Ga,nking. Chinkiallg.

:::::: c{o Sietas & Co., l;hefoo. § ~ c/o Rev. J. E. Cardwcll, Shallghai. Ilil 'l,'ia Foochow. ~~ 1';'1 Hallkow. ...'" 'Via NcwchwUllg •

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THE ANNUAL MEETINGS.

The Board of Trustees met January 16th, 1890 at 36 Broadway, the Rev. C.F. Reid, Vice-President, in the chair. The Annual Reports of the S~cretary and rrreasurer were read and approved. The Rev. Dr. Allen and the Rev. 1Ylr. Reid, Auditing Committee, reported the accounts audited and correct.

The Rev. WongYoh-tsu and Rev. T'ongTsreh-tsoong were elected members of the Board of Trustees to fill vacancies made by the death of Rev. Z. S. Yen and Rev. Z. K. Ying, and the Rev. G. W Mason was elected in place of the Rev. V- C. Hart, D.D., now residing in the United States. The Rev. D. W Herring was elected a member of the Examining Committee in place of Rev. J. R. Goddard, resigned, and :M:r. Wong V ung-s was elected Recording Secretary to the Board.

ANNUAL SERMONS.

Sunday, January 19th at 3 o'clock p.m. the Annual Sermon in Chinese was preached in the Church of Our ·Saviour, the Rev. l\:Ir. Yen, First Vice-President, pre­siding.

There were also addresses by the Rev. Wong Pi!lg­san and Mr. "\Vong V ung-s. The meeting was well attended by Christians of all denominations, and the services were deeply interesting.

At 6 o'clock in the evening the Rev. Joseph Edkins, D.D., preached the Annual Sermon in English in Union Church to a large and attentive audience.

THE ELEVENTH ANNUAL REPORT

OF THE

CHINESE RELIGIOUS TRACT SOCIETY . . . . The Society whose Eleventh Anniversary we celebrate

was from the first made a subject of prayer. The two breth­ren who first talked together upon the subject felt their hearts glow with a desire to see the organization effected, and kneeling together they prayed for it. As they arose from their knees, one said, "I have some jewellery given me by a lady in England who took it off and consecrated it to the Lord's Work in China. I cannot do better than give it for the starting of this Society." Another lady gave a diamond ring; other contributions were made, and not long after the prayers were answered in the Society'~ complete organization.

The object of the Society, as stated in the constitution, is :-" To circulate religious books and tracts throughout the Ohinese empire. We have however not only carried our work into nearly every part of the empire where missionaries travel or labor, but have followed the Chinese in their emigration to the Straits Settlements, Australia and New Zealand, the Sandwich Islands, Japan and the United States.

As early as 1881 the Ohinese in the Sandwich Islands took such a lively interest in the Society'S work that their pastor, the Rev. Sit Moon, became a life member by the payment of fifty dollars.

Our tracts and periodicals have been a great help to the hundreds of devoted Christian ladies in the United

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States who are teaching the Chinese English and seeking their salvation. In 1884 we published a list of more tlian one hundred Chinese schools in the United States; the aggregate Chinese population in these places was 55,110, in Sunday schools there were 2,729, in evening schools 4,443 and 673 Church members and hopeful converts. Our statistics at this time are not complete enough to sum up, but there is evidence of great increa.se in religious interest and many more converts. Several converted in California have returned to their native place near Canton as missionaries, supported by contributions from their brethren in the United States. Miss Harriette Carter, the indefatigable work~:r among the Chinese in and about Boston, reports an increase in the attendance and real progress in learning th.e principles of religi<m. One pupil bas bought a Chinese Bible and is fond of reading it, another has had tn:e pleasure of hearing of the conversion of his mother in China, for whom he had been praying. One who joined the Mount Vern{)n Church had heard the gospel in China from a native evangelist twenty years ago, and though only a little boy, from that time he gave up the worship of idols. She says, "A larger number of tracts in Chinese have been distributed than in any previous year, and have been read with eagerness by many." She reports 98 in Sunday schools in and around Boston and 20 have joined the various Churches during the past year. Miss Harriet 1. Alexander, of Marlboro., Mass., the author {)f one of our publications, ." The Light of Life," writes :-" We began work six years ago with two scholars. Both are now dead. We now have four scholars. The largest number present on anyone Sabbath has been seven,

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:which included visitors from a neighboring town. The laundries ohange hands very often, so we have not been permitted to see the results that we would like to see and pray for. The boys are al~ays attentive and interested. We trust that the seed sown in their hearts will bear fruit to their salvation. There have been quite a number of teachers during the six years who have done earnest work." Miss H. M. Leach, of the Second Parish Chinese Class, Portland, Maine, writes :-" A ye~r ago we had with us one Sunday Mr. J. S. Happer, ot New York, who was a great help in speaking the Cantonese, and his in~ fiuence was felt. One of our teachers left us last spring for work in North China, under the American Board."

Mrs. N. B. Sizer, of Brooklyn, N. Y., writing of the Baptist Chinese Mission, says :-" Here prayer and con­ference meetings are carried on by the Ohristian Ohinese in their own tongue every Sunday afternoon and evening with an attendance of thirty to forty. Our eveIling sehuuls are also held at this place." She reports fifty-one in Sunday school, forty-seven in evening school, six Ohurch members a.nd five other hopeful converts. We have another illustration of how this work among the Chinese in the United States touches the work in China in a letter from Mr. F. Chattle, who speaks of a visit to their Chineso school from the Rev. Mr. McKee, of Ningpo, whose father was a member of the Church and 3. sister a teacher in the Chinese school. He says there ha.ve been three or four hopeful converts with whom he tries to keep up a correspondence as long as he can, and adds ;-" We find them a very grateful and appreciative people. We trust

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we have done some good under God's blessing that mar bring fo~th fruit hereafter."

From Helena, Montana, Mrs. B. H. Greene gives ug the following interesting information about the work there :-

" I am deeply interested in the papers you sent and hope shortly to Bend an order for tracts. I would like to know if The Ohild's Paper and The Ohinese Illustrated Neu's are in the Chinese language. If so we will certainly send. an order. ~1:y Sunday school is greatly interested in the idea of getting tracts and papers from China, and begged me to allow them a week to look over the list before deciding what to order. I find them eager for knowledge and willing to den! themselves anything to buy a book. Our Sunday school numbers seven. Of this small number five are baptized communicants and fine, earnest, intelligent Christian men they al'e, doing all they can to interest and instru('t all around them.

'Ve haye five teachers. We have no day school, but any teacher will teach her Sunday school pupil one evening in the week at her home. This is done fre. quently and always much good results. The Chinese population is roughly estimated at 300 souls, mostly men. Have you the four gospels in Ohinese and Eng­lish? As none of our teachers understand Chinese, this form is very desirable. I would like to get every .. thing I can in Chinese and English. I have the Gospel of St. John in this form and "English and Chinese Lessons" by Rev. A. W. Loomis, but have been able to procure nothing else. I would be so glad of any informa­tion you could give me on this point."

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It is not unusual to see a refined Christian lady

sitting down with her one Chinese pupil patiently teach-

ing him to read; each pupil usually has a teacher, and some invite them to their homes to read and sing on Sun­day afternoon, and one speaks of going for her pupils to attend evening meetings, protecting them from

insults. The ill-treatment of the Chinese in the U nlted States

may well cause every honest American to blush with shame. It bas however mostly or.iginated with the rowdy class and been perpetuated by political parties. Religious people of all denominations have shown the Chinese great sympathy and kindness, and the self­denying labors of these ladies and gentlemen should help wash out the stain upo.n their national escutcheon.

These Christian workers feel their hands very much tied because they cannot speak the Chinese language, and the coolies know but a few words of English, so it is easy to understand with what delight they have welcomed the aid this Dociety could give in interesting and beautifully illustrated books and periodicals.

An agency for the Society's publications bas been established in New York ciLy at The Ohinese Evangelist office, and while doing all we can to meet the wants of our friends there, it is gratifying to see their appreciation shown by the orders and contributions sent.

It would be pleasant thus to linger over the details of work in Australia, New Zealand, the Sandwich Islands and Straits Settlements, and we cannot resist the te~pta­tion to speak, in passing, of the interest shown by a friend in Siam. The Rev. Dr. 1\lcFarland, President of

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the Government College in Ba.ngkok, has sent to' OUI"

funds the generous contribution of twenty dollars.

Returning from the consideration of the Chinese in their dispersions let us look at China and her needs and our means of supplying them.

The task we set before us is to reach every Boul of the myriad population in this vast.empire, and some. idea may be obtained of its vastness when we consider that it occasionally takes a missionary thr~e months from Shanghai traveling by the usual conveyances to reach his station, and then he has to wait six weeks for his goods, which started at the same time, to reach him.

You see the Chinese all around you, in their places of business, on the street and in the country; you employ them in your business and in your houses; they perform nearly all the manual labor in your homes, stores and offices; they move about silently with their cat .. like tread, falling in with your notions and carrying out your plans, and seem much nearer to you than they really are. It is a question whether the oldest and best in­formed resident is able to fathom the abyss that separates us.

The Chinese are very well informed about practical matters, but ignorant on philosophical and religious

subjects. Their prejudice in favor of their own ways and views must be sweptl away; their intense conservatism must be broken down before you can get in even.the thin edge of the wedge.

tI'here are perhaps 40,000 Protestant converts out of the reputed population of 400,000,000, that is, one to about 10,000. These 40,000 must be supplied with a.

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Christian litera,ture while we try to furnish something to arouse, interest and instruct the remaining 399,960,000.

The voice and the press are the two great means at our disposal, and the voice, with its touch of human love and sympathy, must have the precedence.· But we are not only to preach, we must give them the Bible, lessons, tunes, hymns, catechisms, religious newspapers and discourses upon a great variety of subjects, theolog­ical and seientific~ The minister may preach to the crowd gathered in the temple or tea shop, but he wants some­thing like a good tract to leave-to speak when he has gone-to deepe~ and clinch the impression he has made.

To those who canno~ speak the language or go where the tract may be sent the printed page is a boon, enabling all to have a hand in the salvation of China.

We seek to produce a literature ,e many sided in

sympathy and tone and wide variety in form." The numerous schools and colleges springing up increase the demand for literature.

There should be a literary department as well as an educational in every mission. We require school books­books against idolatry, superstition and ancestral wor­ship-books written by men thoroughly in contact with the Chinese mind and from a native standpoint, origi­nal works. What a work Dr. Milne would have accom­plished if he had never done more than write" rrhe Two Friends," a book that has passed through so many editions and been published by the hundreds of thou­sands, and is still the most popular book on our list. Quietly and silently this little book has been doing its good work in many hearts and homes for seventy years. ,.

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As the teacher has a -great ad vantage over others in writing text books and the preacher who goes most among6t the people knows best how to lOeet their spirit­ual wants. So our most active and earnest missionaries are our best writers, and it is a pleasure to help gi ve their works a wide circulation.

We have added to our list this year a new book and four sheet tracts by Rev. H. C. DuBose; two books by Rev. F. H. James, two by Rev. Geo. Miller and two others by Mr. James are before the Examining Com .. mittee. A serial, transla.ted by ~1:rs. Geo. F. Fitch, is now being published in The Ohild's Paper, which will make a very interesting and useful book. We have also to acknowledge much and valu~ble aid from the Editorial Committee of the North-China Tract Society and many others, native and foreign, in furnishing articles for our periodicals. n is also gratifying to learn of book-stores and reading rooms being opened in many places where the Society's publications are kept for sale or loan.

Our periudicals have been published as usual thl'ough out the year. The Ohild's Paper is now in its fifteenth year and The Ohinese Illustrated News in its tenth. No effort is spared to make them interesting and profit .. able. They have contained a vast amount of information on a variety of subjects, illustrated with beautiful engrav­ings, in most cases the gift of the Religious Tract Society of London or the American Tract Society of New York. During the past year we have received a large and valuable grant of electro pla.tes from each of these Societies. From the American Tract Society 69 plates and from the Religious Tract Society 228 plates. The

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instances of conversion, anecdotes, stories, etc. in our pel'iodicals are often taken up by the llative pastors and preachers and used in their sermons to enforce the truth.

It has been our privilege to furnish books and tmcts gratis to several applicants. We made a large grant to the Rev. :M1'. Saw to distribute at the triennial examina­tion at Nankillg-includil1g that admirable and very clear statement of Ohristian doctl'ine-~1:rs. Dr. Nevius' Catechism. The grant consisted of back numbers of our periodicals alld other books and tracts, amounting to over 13,000 copies. The importance of placing such books in the hands of these literary graduates can hardly be over­

estimated.

Mr. Saw has given the f«lowing account of the distribution of these books:-

"Some time before the examinations for B. A., the Prefect of Ch'u Cheu sent through our lancllord, who is a -ehief under­ling in the Yamen, asking us to vacate the eity dmililg the examin­ation, as he feared the military students might create a disturb­ance. We hearu that he was about to leave his offiee on account of having maue some blunder iu the decision of a eertain case and was anxious to leave without any further slot on his character. However, after much consideration we decided to stay, especially as we hael your kind grant of hooks to elistrHmtf>_ So several days before the examination callie on we set to w@rk and made up Borne 700 odd packets of books, held together by a red paper banel, on which was printeel .. Respectf\lllly present Virtuous Books. Ch'u Cheu Jesus Hall." 'Ve put from 9 to 12 in one packet, including 1 01' 2 copies of Scrifture anel 2 or 3 other tracts that we hael in lland.

On the elay that the B. A's. of former y-ears were to be re­examined we decided to stand a.t the eKaminatloll hall and present each one a packet as they.eame out. But in the morning of this day our landlord came in anel said much to ,dissuade us from attempting the distributioll~ saying that preven1'bioll was better than cure. However we felt we cOlilld u~ .gi-ve UJ.i> 'without a trial, and

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so in the afternoon, with my teacher, I visited the hall to ascertain what were our prospects and to decide on a good place to stand. I was sorry however to find a large CUt'ious crowd, and being a. small city no order was kept by soldiers as the custom is in Han­kow. W ~ were somewhat disappointed, fearing the books would be snatched away, but we went home nnd fetched one case first and gave away several packets to B. A's., who by this time hac 1 come out and whom we met on the road. 'Ve then made our way to the examination hull and took a stand, but the crowd was so great and pl'essed on us to see the books that prudence compeJled us to give up. In fact they became troublesome and it looked n.c.;

if they would playa riotous gnme. Finding that to give the books away by this metho<1 would be

impossible, if safety were to be consiuereu, it was deemecl advisable to put up a notice outside our Ohapel thnt we would present these books to those who came fOI·them, which method, while open to objections in that the books might get into the hands of those who were not scholars, yet such could, as a rule, be distinguished.

Of course the notice brought a lot of applicants, and most of the packets were thus disposed of, although some could hal'dly be said to have been presented, inasmuch as they were snatched away by that class with which we are all only too well acquninted.

Our Ohinese teachers helped right well all through after we had once commenced, and on behalf of' Bros. Hearnden, Hunt Arnold and myself, who took an interest in the uistribution, I write to again thank you for the help given us by your Society, and trust thai; next time we shall be able to gi ve you a more favorable account. The work we feel sure will not be lost for the Lord·s word "Shall not return unto Him void."

With kind regarus, Very truly yours,

ALBERT F. H. SAW.

Weare happy to do all in our power to meet the demands made upon us, and our work will only be limited by our means. During the year we corresponded with a party who wished to circulate half a million of l\irs. Dr. Nevius' "Catechism on Christian Doctrine." It was a larger job than we could handle, even if our price~ had

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suited him. Even ten per cent discount would have been $700, which we were not prepared to give. We however helped him to get the stereotype plates made, and he has Bent them to England, where he hopes to get the printing done cheaper than he could in China. We hope he will yet be able to put in circulation half a million copies of this little book.

The Treasurer's Report shows how much we are indebted to the American Tract Society of New York and the Religious Tract Society of London for their generous grants of money, without which this work would have been impossible. 'Ve also are under great obligations to our Local Secretaries for the efforts they have made in the interests of the SocIety, especially in getting subscribers for the periodicals. 'Ve also acknowledge our indebted­ness to the Examining Committee, who are hard-worked, bUE:y men, performing this additional labor without pay for the love they hear the cause, and as their volumino1ls 110tes show, taking great pains. 'Ve much regret that the Rev. J. R. Goddard finds it impossible to continne to perform these duties, and has felt compelled to press his resignation.

In conclusion we may say the field and scope for our

Society's operations is constantly widening. Though the Sandwich Isles and Japan have out­

stripped China on the road to civilization, she can never more be what she has been. One of her states­men has well said, "China is awakening," and in the words of a learned writer: "Every mail from the -'Nest, (or East) increases the awakening; every missionary who

traverses the province, intensifies the awakening; every

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courier who speeds his way into the inland cities, adds to the awakening; every foreign traveler hightens the awakening·; every additional mile of telegraph wire, extends the awakening; every native newspaper morning by morning faeds the awakening; while every book and pamphlet distributed far and near, strenghtens the awakening."

We are willing to co-labor with all who wish to have a hand in this noble work if they will send their contributions to our Bankers-the Hongkong and Shanghai Bank, 01' to OU1' Treasurer, the Rev. J. E. Cardwell.

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ANNUAL SERMON. mtv. JOSEPH l<~l)KINS, D.D.

Provo XXV. 2. It is the glory of God to con~eal a thing.

Suppose yourself to be standing on the top of the celebrated mountain Tai-shan in the province of Shantung. You have there a most extensive view. You see the region where Confucius and Mencius livecl and died. The plains over which they travelled with their disciples when they visited the neighboring princes are spread out before you. All native scholars who have prospered and risen to high })ositions in the State endeavor to visit the tomb of Confucius and to ascend this mountaiu. 'Vhen the sage himself was on the mountain he felt, it is recorded, the smallne~s of the universe and its in­tel'ests. All this expanse of country, so rich in historical recollections, may be concealed from view by shading the eyes with the hand.

To hide the wide landscape of unknown truth from onr view may be the act of a man's own caprice, or it may be the act of divine providence. In some cases men are not allowed to know the truth. In other cases they are allow­ed to know one part first and the remainder at a later time. The wise and prudent often have to wait before they are permitted to learn what is unstintedly revealed to babes in knowledge. Confucius on Tai-shan thought the universe was small. Sir Isaac Newton, standing on the sea shore, thought that what he knew was but the pebbles on the shore while the great ocean of truth lay undiscovered before him. The Chinese sage thought of the littleness of human things. The English sage thought of the small amount of what we know.

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Why is it that we do not know more than we do? ,Vhy for exampl~ -do many of the Chinese refuse our knowledge, refuse to have their-minds widened, their hopes kindled, their future brightened, their thinking faculties stirred, their moral life revivified, their social life purified by Christian teaching? It must be admitted that many of the Chinese readers of our books despise and hate the gospel of good things which they contain. They shut off' the view of unknown truth by their own act. But there is a sense in which this is providential. It is the glory of God to conceal ,a thing. This is in the way of reb-ibn­tion. Weare always, each of us and every other man in contact with divine retribution which works with the certainty of a law. One mode in which this law works for men as individuals and for nations is when God ill His providence accepts in a certain way men's own acts and assign to them a providential character. Israel rejected Christ and brought on themselves the ruin of their city, temple and commonwealth. It was their own doing. God says, "As you wish it to be so, so it shall be."

Our Tract and Bible Societies give to the Chinese reader the gospel of the grace of God. Some accept it, many reject it. In regard to those who accept it they have glory, honor and immortality, and the singing of' the angels at Bethlehem was on their account. The song was, Glory to God in the highest and on earth peace among men (as the revised version reads), in whom he is wen pleased. They shall know if they follow on t() know the Lord. To such it is the glory of God to reveal himself. But to those who take the OPl)ositc course, who

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deny, reject and condemn when they ought to receIve the word with jqy, God hides it from them. III this case it is the glory of God to conceal a thing.

It is glorious in God so to make known the mysteries of His existence and provide.nce that some of the l'easons for them lie hidden while others are patent to our VIew. So it is also with His commands and with the institutions He has decreed by revelation. Men cannot penetrate to the depths of the divine wisdom, and the world's truest sages have always acknowledged that there is much in the nature and acts of God which they cannot understal)(L The progressive discoveries of science are the gradual unveiling of God to human view. Ench science, as it advances, writes a new chapter in theology. Theology will never be eomplete till science has finished her researches.

Among those things which God conceals are future events, and this aspect of His providence comes very llromiuently to view in the OJd Testament, becallse that book is so largely made up of prophecy, which is the nnveiling of secret things. Those who study prophecy will understand where in history to recognize the haml .of God. The secret .of the Lord is with them that fear Him and He will shew them His covenant.

The study of God's works and ways has a most salutary and purifying effect on the mind. Men need the contemplation of God to stretlgthen and elevate them and to guide them to the only fountain of lasting consola­tion. The religion of the European nations has greatly tended to invigorate them. Burns in his poem, The Cotter's Saturday Night, made the daily reading of'

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"The Great Hall Bible" the central thought of his picture, and beyond doubt its use as a family guide in whatever country has tended to promote the stal WaI,t

fil'mness of character which is a feature in the Protestant nations. China has nee~ of such a strengthening and elevation, and this aid can be given only by her adoption of the Christian faith.

'Vhen it is said that it is the glory of God to conceal a thing it should be noted that the thing concealed may he the word of God or any decree, providential act, tenet .of' faitu, plan or purpose. vVe must despair of ever knowing the grea.ter part when we recollect the breadth of meauing here embraced, but the word "thing" in Hebrew also means" word," and the word of God not sel­dom means revelat~u.. Hence we obtain the sense that it is gl.m·ious iu Goel not to reveal Himself whet'e he does JlOt r.eveal Himself, just as it is a feature of God's glory to reveal His perfectiolls to those who are admitted tu the .covenant. It wa.s glol'ious, for example, fhst to choose a. family alld natl-Gu to be the repositories of truth. and thus provide a home for the inearuate Son of God.

As to God's beillg very much coneealed in Ohina. there .can be no douut:. of. it, yet it strikes the reflecting Il'ead.el' uf t:.he Ckiuese ancient },<3Gks that the people wel'e fUl"I51el"ly in faet:. mou<@th.eists. 1.'1Ie concealment was not :sueh tbat God was UlIl.:UOWll as iufinitely ju~t, holy, mel'ci­iul and wise; hut the evil was that that kli<t\dedge did IlO~ pl"oduce c:lev(i)tion. 'l'kere was a fa.tal deficiency. Whil~

the 01<1 Ohinese knew GG.d they glorified Him not as God. It is a true indict:.meltC tltat may be 'brought against the Chinese as.a nati(jD that they ha,ve no public worship, or

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family worship, or individual worship of a satisfactory kind. They are content to live without hope and without God in the world. They must be classed among the nations that have made unsuccessful experiments in working out for themselves a satisfactory religion. They have now to come to the feet of Jesus to receive hum hly the doctrine of eternal life.

Here then is the ground for Tract Societies and Bible Societies such as now exist in Shanghai to the number of six, viz., three 'l'ract Societies and three Bible Societies.

Both as an industrial and a distributing centre there is no city in China that can be compared with Shanghai. Hence the number of these S(}cieties which have sprung up here to meet a great want and aid Christianity in achieving her salutary work in this country as the principal instrument in its moral and spiritual regeneration.

I.-God hides from man His own nature. A most remarkable feature in the Old Testament

and in Jewish history is the manner in which the divine names and nature are partly concealed and partly made known. The term Elohim, the Hebrew for God, is a plural while the doctrine is monotheistic. Most interpreters suppose this to be the plural of majesty as employed by kings in solemn documents. Others suppose it implies plurality in the divine nature. It is mysterious to say the least. The name Jehovah the Jews have been accus­tomed not to pronounce. The Old Testament, however, does not forbid its being pronounced. It was formerly thought that the Book of Esther did not contain t.he name of God. It has now been pointed out that the name

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J enovah occurs four times in the initial and fina.l1etters of w&Fds in the Hebrew original.* r1'he Jews thought and still think tae name too sacred to be pronounced. Such is the reverence with which the scriptures of the Old rresta­ment have inspired them. Apparently they were nude.r the influence of this feeling in writing the Book of' Esther. '1'he sacred name is certainly there and it is written in f0ur passages and in fool' diffeilent ways, twice forward and twice backward. 'rhe passages selected are snch as pa!'ticulal'lr show the provident!e of God in the history. '1'hey are a remarkable illustration of the words of Isaiah, "Verily thOR art a God that hidest Thyself," Is. 45. ]f).

1'he directions given by Jesus in regard to the use oE the ndllIEleS o-f God are different. He says, "Swear not at all, neither by :heaven, for it is God's throne, nor by the earth, for it is His footstool." By this we understand that we are not to mention the name of God on any frivolous occasion, in the way of appeal or strong affirmation. But he does not, as the Jews did, forbid our using the divine name. Instead of leading us away to a distance from God, he brings us near, by revealing God as a father, as for example by employing the tender expression, Our Father, in the first sentence of the Lord's Prayer.

The fact that God conceals for a glorious end His own nature led the ancient pagan teachers to make a. mystery of the unity of God. They taught it to their disciples as a thiug difficult of comprehension to the popular mind and to be kept secret.

The mystery of the divine nature is inevitable. We are finite beings. . 'fhe eye is nev.er satisfied with seeing, • Est.!. 20, 5. 4, 5. 13, 7. 7. Let the king and Haman come this day.

He saw that evil was determined against him. All the wives sha.ll give. This availeth me nothing.

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nor the ear with,4earing. Even w1-Ien the body rests iR sleep dreams conie, usually just pictures of what happeHs by day, and this fact shews QOW the world of the senses keeps our attention occupied.. We tllink ·little about God. We think much about the world God ·has made. We live for what we see, ltear and f6el. We do not. appeal often enough to the soa.l's iE.m.ependent power 'of reflection. We ought to think m0re than "e 'do Qf the objects of faith aad be not so exclusively engaged with the objects of Serd8e. Alas for us. We are creatures of sense, and .the Infinite Power that contl'Qls and ·lives in all, who sustains all, and in whom we have eur being, lis too much out of o(j)ur thoughts..

Now is it not realJy,in view of this f~ct, a glory to G0d

that He should be witlwut body, pH.lrts or .passions, not partaking with us Gf the mortal ancl anferiGlr bodily form by which we are al1ieril. to the beasts taat per-ish:? Defect belongs to the material and it eafinot be perfectly noble and excellent. Therefore it may be said that it 'is

gloriolls to GGd. to ble immaterial. It is a glory to man to be endowed. with an imma.terial nature like that.of God, and to have been made ill the image of God and. with the power of sovereignty, kllowiug .good and .evil al.'lcl having authority over .the lower works of creatiGn, as well as in possessing .the faculty of reaSQ.ll.

If to have this faculLy is a glory to man as aJI admit, how much more Im!lst it be a glory to God to be beyoncl the sensual world and yet to be ,e.verywhere .and possess reason ill its highest form J to be seen by no eye, touched by no ha,n.d and yet himself to . see ..all and .con­

trol all ?

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Nature is visible while God is invisible. Her sub­limity is not so great, though it is very gl'eat, as that of God, whom she hides behind her veil. Coleridge among the glaciers and under the peaks of l\t[Ollt Blanc saw God. While gazing on them he interpreted their meaning to be God. 1'hat is to say, nature is sublime, not so. much in the vast heights of the mountains, which are iuaccessi­ble to men, in the depths of the broad ocean, in the measureless distances of the stars, as ill this that in these sublime features she shews us Him who is the maker of all and who so planned the universe tha~ it excites in us the feeling of an infinite profusion .of life, of endless magnificence and of order everywhere prevailing. We are then led to make the hearty confession that God is far more glorious than that natnre which reveals Him. We say, addressing the sun, "Thou sun of this great world,

both eye and sou], Acknowledge Him thy greater. Truly God is mysteriously great ill His inscrutability. Being without bodily form He cannot be scanned by our senses or adequately conceived of by our intellects. We can but say, "Him first, Him last, Him midst and without end."

We cannot find out the Almighty so as to know in what His nature consists. As there are rich veins of sil vel' and of gold hid1ell in the bowels of the ea.rth far below the surface and which man will never reach, so there are depths in the divine nature which human thought cannot fat.hom. Hence, where we do not un­derstand we m'ust revere Him tlie more for the necessarily unfathomable mystery of His existence. "Seek not to understand God but adore Him for His majesty." Snch was the advice of ancient heathens. ~rhey added, "It is more holy to believe and revere than to know."

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That it is impossible to know God is because the glory of His nature !:Lnd perfections is too dazzling. 'fhe angels are represented as veiling their faces with their wings as we need ·to shade the eye when looking at the sun. The glory of God is too bright to be steadily looked upon. Manoah said to his wife, "vV e shall surely die because we have seen God." Paul said, "0 the depth of the riches, both of the wisdom and knowledge of God." How unsearchable are His judgments and His ways past finding out.

11.-'rhe concealment of God in His works of crea­tion and provideuce renders our knowledge of Him pro­gressive.

A progression in the knowledge of God there must be, and the Jews felt that Borne of the acts and descrip­tions of God in the scriptures should be made known only to mature disciples. Such was the accouut in Gen~sis of the creation, which they said contains difficulties that can be suitably offered to the att.ention only of the experienced student of religion. So they thought of the vision of 'E7.ekiel in the first chapter of his prophecies describing the glorious agency of the divine ruler in providence. A. third portion of the revealed volume, which should be reserved for the initiated was, they thought, Solomon's Song. This by the stranger might be taken to be merely a love song without spiritual meaning. One of the Christian fathers, Ol'igen, added a fourth, the descriptions of the gospel city and temple by Ezekiel, because sacrifices are restored in it. liut the conceal­ment of God in nature is a necessity. No p~umb line will reach the bottom of nature or of God. Hence the

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great slQwness with which the veil has 'been liftedft'om

llatul'e':-; face by human inqllirers. Na.tut'aL histol'yhas

mapped out the species and gellel'a oE living thing:il only in very recent times. rrhat which was IOI'mOl'ly concealed

from the eye of men has thus become known. lIall

.attains knowledge by 'pl'Dgressive steps. Dut'ing count­

less generatic)Us he wanted the spil'it to inquit'e, and the

appetite fOl' lmowledge; and God does not mu.ke things

known before they call be Clnderstood.

FUt,ther, God has. so arranged the world by limiting

om' faculties and OUI' opportuuities that most men have only a contracted and local knowledge. 'rhe natives of

Gt'eenland and .La,(Jla.llu know only a snowy wOl'ld and a

short. summer, God. concea.ls from them tile beauty of tIle

tropics. Even in civilized COll11tl'ies the waut of educa.­

tion and opportunity £ot' t,'c.welillg preveu.t most lUell

from undel'standing much of the diville wisdom in the

works of tl.te. nniverse4 rrhe effect of this al'l'angemellt is that man learns

(JUly gl'auually to ob~erve and to adore, His education id progressive. He is not taught to kllOW befol'e he is fitted

to revel'e and to love that God, who will gt'adlll:l.lly bring

bim fOl'wCl.l'li by sl1ccessive st.l1ges of discipline to become

a student fitted by habit and devotion to lla.ve presented to him the ever widening manifesta.tion of the CI'eu,tOl'.

God. has isolated us on the world. we inh.abit. We

oCatinot ·du'ring 01!lt' lifetime go beyond. it, yet by the properties uf light we begi n to learn a little of the physica.l constituticm of other bodies ill the universe.

"fhese have been [.>y the divine arrangemeut kept con­

(!ealed fl'om us hitherto,

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The sea has prevented different races- from knowing each other, in order that ib might be shewn what remote llations could do for morality and social happiness without the gospel. China has only known the Western nations during the last fOllr centuries. The Chinese during the long past of their history have don'e what they could to construct a government and make the people happy, to teach morality and religion according to their light and to maintain their independence. But if we al~ow them credit for the progress they have made in moraiity and the art of government, we cannot allow it for what they have done in religion. They have no Redeemer or means of sal vation. When this was by their mythologies and J'eligious history shewn to be their great need, God sent them the-gospel. A concealment of ages has been follow­ed by a revelation, which now comes on them as the dawn after a dark night.

IlL-God for a most glorious purpose hid in .T esus Christ.aU the treasures of wisdom and knowledge.

In the incarnation there was a veiling of the divine perfections, which belonged to the eternal Word. He became enshrined in a tabernacle of clay, which prevented the rays of His original nature as God from appearing. This is shewn more clearly by the lowly aspect unde~ which He became known to the Jewish nation as a man of sorrows and acquainted with grief, a root out of a dry ground. He comes to China now to claim it as His own land, though it is the inheritance of another race who, like the children of Abraham formerly, have "received

Him not." Those who recognized Him as the son of God were

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few. When they received Him it was not of their own will, but by the gift of faith from above, for they are born t1gain not by the will of man but of God. That they were so few was because His character as the suffering Messiah and as a crucified male facto r hid His real nature from view. His poverty hid His riches. His out­wardly mean attil'e hid His royal robes as sovereign of the uuiverse. His dying concealed from unbelieving eyes that He is Lord of life and glory. His bodily form hid His divine nature. His sufferings hid His infinite' joy. The lowli ness of the manger in the village inn hid the loftiness and magnificence of His throne in heaven. When He shed tears it was not observed by beholders that he was the infinite God perfectly happy in Himself. His becoming a servant hid His being Lord of angels. The crown of thorns bound round His bleeding brow prevented men from seeing the crown of eternal majesty, which angels knew it was His right to wear. The .humble bearing of the Galilean fishermen, who were His favorite disciples, veiled from common eyes the hosts of principalities and powers, who are made subject to Him. God willed that the path to heaven should be through the valley of humilia­tion. If men will not become humble they cannot be saved. The cross has always been a stumbling block and must continue to be so, for the lofty men must be humbled and the wise of this world must become foolish that they may be wise.

The expression in Colossians. 2. 3., "In Him are hid ~ll the treasures of wisdom and knowledge," must refer to the body of truth made known by Jesus to mankina. The veil over that truth was gradually uplifted. In the

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lifetime of Jesus much of. truth was still covered up. The inspiration of each Apostle added to what was known. Each sermon and each epistle shed light, where before there was doubt. '1'he Church gradually came to see the cumpleteness of the truth hidden in .T esus.

The treasures of ~{ycenae have but lately been brought to view. After three thousand years the golden cups and shields of ancient warriors and kings in the days of Homer have yielded themselves as invalllable prizes to the zeal of the scientific explorer.

So with. the treasury of divine knowledge hidden in Christ. It has been gradually brought to the knowledge of the believer and it is his duty still to search for the hidden treasures that may yet be found there.

JV.-God has for glorious ends concealed his plans in the history of the Christian Church.

rrhe mystery of tlte i'ltgathering of the Gentiles should be remembered. The Gentiles are to be gathered in by the preacher, the religiolls press, the establishment of Christian congregations and schools, the village evangelist, the colporteur and the city missionary.

In the pages uf prophecy the adhesion in later times of all na.tions to the Church i's stated clearly. 'The power of the gospel in converting men was not then knowu as an experience, but the fa.ct was repeatedly mentioned, " I will POlll' out My spirit upon all flesh." " In thy seed shall all the families of the earth be blessed." "The knowledge of the Lord' shall cover the earth as the waters cover the sea." But it was not .so sta.ted as to preclude misunderstanding. Jewish prej udioe was strong and the opposition to the admission of Gentiles to the Church was

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as violent and protracted as it was unreasonable. To deny the Gentiles permission to become God's people was to contradict scripture, which had said, "His righteous­lless (Ps. 98. 21) hath He openly shewed in the sight of the heathen, and all the ends of the earth have 'seen the salvation of our God (98. 3.) The exhortations (Ps. 96.10), "Say among the heathen that the Lord reigneth." '4 Declare His glory among the heathen, His wonders among all people," were based on the certainty of the conversion of the Gentiles. So plain was the prophecy that we wonder at the obstinacy of the interpretation that those made who opposed Paul and Peter when they opened the door of faith to the Gentiles. Yet there was enough of mYstet·y in the event foretold to give color to the opposition raised against the doctrine involved and to warrant the Apostle Paul in describing the admission of the Gentiles to the Church as a secret kept hidden from the past

, generations of men. The outpou1ring of the Sp·irit in its {ulness was hid­

den in the times of the Old Testament except as a predic­tion. The limited bestowment of spiritual gifts at that time might with the light of prophecy be taken as an intimation of greater gifts to follow. The types, the sacrifices, the Levitical order, tended to conceal the true nature of the religion of God to be taught by Jesus Ohrist.

The period in the Church's history that was to be mark­ed by the outpouring of the spirit was then in the future. A striking moral change in the people of God would take place. The conformity of the outward be havior of men to God's Jaw would be attended by the religion of the heart; the law would be written on men's hCul'ts, and they would become

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in sincere truth the children of the Lord Almighty. This

was a secret in the days of Jeremiah and Ezekiel. It was

explained by the rapid spread of Christianity in the days

of the Apostles and after. Those prophets wrote the words as they felt them at the time. The full meaning was given

them in the age of Paul and Apollos, Olement and Poly­

mLl'p. It is the glory-of God to conceal a thing. It is also

the glory of God to make it known when tll~ time has

come. The success of the primitive missions is a type of

the success of the missions now in operation. God's

purpose in the gradual grow.th of Church life was hidden

in the parables of Ohrist. 'rltere can be no better iJlustra­

tion than the mustard seed. of the gl'@wth of the Christian

Clolurch. A tiny germ, cast into the gl'Ound, contains in it

that which will SOOIl become bL'allehes, trunk, leaves.,

flowers and fruit. The little one hecomes a thousan<1.

'fhe greatest wunder of history is the extension of the

Christian religion from tlte days of the Empet'ol' 'riberills

till the "present time. It can be accounted for only by the

presence of a divine prilleiple it!. the C~lltU'ch of Christ

havillg inherent vitality. Otherwise how could the fish~r­men of Galilee have succeedeti ild. re¥olutiolil.izing the world?

When we think or these men in their boats Old. tae lake,

busy with theit fishing tackle at~d waiting to be told on.

which side to cast the net, and then remerlllber how three

centuries after, the banner of the cross in the armies of

COllstalltine, floated above the other flags that bore the

eagles, emblems of the Roman victories, we feel the force

of the words, it is the glory of God to conceal a thing.

The cross conquered, the might of Rome. So ill time it will also conquer the unbelief of the Cllinese.

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The history of kingdoms is made to bend in an unseen manner for the progress of the divine plan in the Church of God. In the conquest of Babylon by Cyrus God concealed His pnrpose. In the· account by Daniel of Belshazzar's feast the hand-writing on the wall in Hebrew was a divine intimation of God's secret will. The conceal. ment of the meaning distressed the monarch's mind. When Daniel gave the interpretation he WAS full of gratitude. It was a prophecy of the downfall of his kingdom and his own dethronement by God as not deser­ving to be king. But his anguish at the announcement of his own dark destiny was for the time overborne by bis satisfaction at the deciphering of the meaning by Daniel, whom he ordered to have the rewards for which that up­right servant of God did not himself care. It is the gl,wy of God to conceal a thing and it is the honor of kings to search out a matter. 'rhe true clue to the divine purpose here is in the restoration to their own land of the Jews by Cyrus. This could not have taken place under Belsha.zzar.

V.-God's purpose is concealed in the life of the Cbristian man and for glorious ends.

Religious principles are taught to men in their boy­hood. Divine truth is accompanied by divine power. It works secretly. We cannot see what it will grow to, but we know it will be a harvest to God's praise. Light is sown for the right.eous and gladness for the upright in heart. The sower casts his seed into the ground, he sleeps and rises night and day. The seed springs and grows up; he knows not how. The evidence of the presence of God in the soul is in the upgrowth, and the fruitbearing which follows. The uprightness of character and holiness of

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life of the Christian are distinct proof of the purpose of God regarding him and of the work of God in his soul. So we go forward sowing the seed in hope. Each word of truth and duty we speak to the. young may have a formative effect on their after life. God who gave us the seed to sow will also give the rain to make it take root and spring up into a tree.

In the sufferings that fall to the lot of the Christian man on earth there is a hidden ptlrpose of mercy. It was so with Joseph in Egypt. He did not know why it was the will of God that he should be imprisoned on a false accusa­tion, but he patiently submitted and bided God's time. The explanati.on came after two years. It was that he might become.the saviour of Egypt and of his own faIRily. It was the hidden purpose of God that he should be elevated to the post of chief minister and be an example of integrit,y to all future readers of the book of Genesis. There was a purpose of concealment in his not making himself known to his brethren. He longed to tell them who he was, but it was better to test theil' love first and bring them to a penitent confession of their former sins. rrhese motives were quite sufficient to i tlstify Joseph iu the purpose of concealment of his true identity with their 1.ost brother. It was wise in Joseph to act tlws. This is an example of the way in which it is glorious on the part of God to coneeal a thing. rrhrough the history of Joseph we see the kand of iufinite wisdom and the thought of him who seeth the end from the beginuing and bends the course of history to further his own plans. rrhere is also a glorious design on the part of God in the life of the Christian man wheu he permits the objects of faith to

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become obscure. We might suppose that it would be

good for man actually to see the gates and battlements of

that heaven which our religion encourage us to hope

for. We might think it would greatly stem the tide of vice and infidelity among men if when we look up at the stars on a clear night we could also see the golden

pavement of the celestial city and the gates of pearl that

are spoken of in God's word, but let us recollect that the

sight of that which is heautiful does not necessarily make

men good, and that the assurance of future happiness is

not in. itself enough to make men virtuous. Let us re­

membet· tha.t the vivid picturing of heaven in the Book of

Revellltion has not persuadeal one man in a hUlldred,to cease

from doing evil and to learn to do well, while innum~rable

con verts to a ho~y life have been mRde by the knowledge

of Clll'ist's death for mankind and the earnest plea.ding of pt'enehers, such as Paul. If we ever find the objects of fai tIt

too far away in the llbscurity of distance, let u~ believe In the

divine pUl'pose that the wUl'ld is to he renewed by Christ's

teachillg and that our chief motives to holy life are fouud

ill the gl'llce and love of Him who sllfiel'ed for our sins in

His own body on the tree that He might bring' us to Gml.

If however we still feel oppl'essed that there is this COll­

cealment and long fol' more certainty and vivid realizatiOlI,

let llS fall back on Abraham's fair,li who believed God in the

greatest uncertainty. His faith would have been insigni­

ficant if he had had certainty to guide him. HiR faith trium­

phed in the face of douuts and so mtist· ours, and then

when we have Abraham's faith pel'haps God will tell 'l£.~

more. Shall I hide this thing f!'Om A.braham my fl·iend ? Perhaps God will say this in regard to us. If OUl' faith

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triumphs ovpr our doubts, the divine purpose in the per­mission of those doubts.will have been accomplished. It is not without a wise and glorious purpose of this kind that God conceals a thing from us.

'fhere is a glurious design further in the darkness which hangs over future events in the present life. ~fall

has always felt a desire to pry into the rut'll'e, but in this search be has toiled very unsuccessfully on tllf~ whole. God will have us watch and be sobel'. He will have us not grow cold, but increase our former love on the ground of what He has done tor us ill the past, To know future events would enervate us and make us less fit for WOl'k~ He will have us 'meet the struggle or each day with its.

own' difficulties and duties in the spiric of tOt'citude and Christian faith, Tuke no thought for the mon'ow. Suffi­cient for the day is the evil thereof, It is the glor'y of God to cOllceal a thing and it is better for His hOl1or and our g.ood that we should not know what will be Oil the morruw~

God shews us by thus concealing His purposes in the Christian man's life and His own indwelling in the Christ­ian man's soul that He will not at present have all men know the cause of this mystery. rrhe image of God in the soul of the believer is hidden from many eyes. It is more glorious to Him to withdraw all visible symbols of His presence. 'rhere was splendour in ·the old tabel'llacle and temple

because the Schekil1ah was there and the cherubims of glory shadowing the many seat, but there is more glory to God from His indwelling in the human soul. 'l'he mat.erial symbol is not so precious as the spiritual presence. But the tact that it is spirituR.l and not material makes it less

likdy to be observed by the eye of seuse. The High

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priest was impressed with solemn awe when once a year he saw the Schekinah. The special working of God in the Boul may excite in us less of reverence because it is com­mon and is mixed with human accidents and infirmities.

Conclnsion.-The text implies a time when the con­cealment will end. It will be followed by a bright manifest­ation of the divine agency. Kings may command their servants to search into the mystery and make it plain.

We expect to learn more of what God is in Himself when the clay tabernacle of the present life is exchanged for the immortal body. The concealment of God in nature will furnish food for endless inquiry; for when shall we come to know fundamentally what nature is P lts mysteries are one after another unfolded and each unfolded mystery shews· us more mystery, for which we must wait to know the ex­planation until the scroll of discovery is farther unrolled.

The concealment of God's purposes, in Christ His Son in the mystery of the Incarn~tion, in the Church, and in man, can only be fully unveiled 'in the Christians' home in glory. There" the chjldren of a king" will continue their searching, and when we think of the depths of the divine nature and the boundlessness of the world that God has made they will all admit that they will be always learners. After millions of years they will not say, "r need to know no more."

In view of the work of Tract and Book Societies in China it is to be noted that in China also there has been the concealment of God's purposes of mercy, followed by the revelation of the same. In the times of ignorance when there was no open vision to the Chinese people the for­bearance of God was shewn. The nation was allowed to

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prospel'. It was not destroyed because of vice, idolatry and unbelief, and so China has continued in her national life. There is a purpose in this; God will have the Chinese to do their best without Him, so that they may learn that they cannot .do without Him. Human wisdom was allowed to work out its drama of failure and disappointment first When China's three religions had failed signally then the doctrine of Christ came. It was a part of the plan of God that the mission work of the last days should be done by nations of the European stock. It was not appointed to India or to China, but to Europe, to convert mankind. Christianity is combined with the highest civilization, in order that the standard ot social life in these eastern countries may be elevated while their people are made possessors of the grace of everlasting life.

Paul speaks pointedly of the forbearance of God to Greeks, Romans and Jews in passing over the sins of their time of ignorance. He did not at once visit them with severe retribution, because he had the purpose of shewing forth his mercy in the salvation of Christ. This was done that he might be just, and yet the justifier or him that believeth is Jesus. Here lies the duty of the Church to reveal Christ. The missionary Oh urch is a revealer as natural religion is a concealer of God: both have their place, but the one is concealment and the other is revelation.

The duty connected with the translation of the Scrip­tures and the preparation of books and tracts to teach Christianity to the Chinese becomes clear. This work needs to be done in the best manner. It needs to be done with scholarship, accuracy, fulness and an agreeable facility of style. Our books ought to be adapted to the

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purpose in band and prepared with all our best resources. For we must remember that God is using these books to make His perfections known to China, now that the age of concealment has closed and the time of revelation has arrived. In a city like Shanghai, a great centre of trade, visited by so many steamers and sailing ships, it is a satisfaction to the Christian resident that these vessels frequently carry Ohristian literature to very many ports and that a large amount of work is being done by the Chinese Religious Tract Society and similar agencies in this city.

More than 248,000 books, tracts and leaflets have been printed and purchased during the year by this society.

More than 260,000 have been disposed of, leading to a diminution of 12,000 in the stock in hand, as compared with what it was a year ago.

Of>ntFiblttions to the .extent of $3,000 have been received and a similar sum was in hand at the .beginning of the year. This total of $6,000 has been reduced to $2,812 by the expenditure of $3,373 during the year.

The work of the Society extends to nearly all parts of China where missionaries reside or travel, as also to Japan, the Sandwich Islands, the United States, the Straits Settlements, Australia and New Zealand. It follows emi­grants from this country when they proceed across the ocean to each new home and in China itself it supplies Christ­ian workers in each province with books for distribution.

This Society and kindred Societies in Shanghai and elsewhere deserve the warm support of all who aspire to be fellow-workers with God and with Christ in removing the veil from the face of the Chinese nation and unfolding to them the mystery of God.

THE CONSTITUTION OF THE

CHINESE RELIGIOUS TRACT SOCIETY . • • I

I. This Society shall be denomina.ted. the Chinese Religious Tract Society. Its object shall be to circulate religious books and tracts throughout the Chinese Em­pire, and its head-quarters shall be in Shanghai.

II. The Officers of this Society shall be a President, two Vice-Presidents, two Corresponding Secretaries, two Recording Secretaries and a. Treasurer.

III. Each Subscriber, paying annually Two dollars or more, shall be considered.a. Member of the Society.

IV. Any person may become a Life-member of the ,Society by making or obtaining for tlile Society a dona­tion of Twenty dollars.

V. The Subscriptions solicited shaLl be employed as a means of enabling the S@ciety to publish and dis­tribute the books and tracts .at a cheap rate.

VI. Auxiliary Societies shall be formed as far as practica:ble in different parts of the Em-pitt'e with a view to promote the objects of the Society by encoura.ging the distribution of Religious Tracts, a.nal to ebta.in subscrip­tions or collections in aid of its funds. T.he President and Secretary, for the time being, Qf .any such Auxiliary Society, formed on the principles ·of this Society and contributing an annual donation .fiG its Treasury., shall be, ex officio, mem btlrs of this Society.

VII. The Executive Committee shall be .authorized to grant to any person who shall make a .co1lection for

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the Society, a return of tracts, if required, equal in value to one half of such collection; and when the remittances, at one or more periods, shall amount to Twenty dollars, the person making such collections shall be considered a Mem ber for Life.

VIII. The Board of Trustees shall consist of forty members. Upon the death or resignation of a member, the Corresponding Secretaries shall issue a circular ask­ing from the members of" the Board written ballots for a Dew member; these ballots shall then be la.id before the Executive Committee and the Chairman shall declare the result of the election. The candidate may be either a foreigner or ilati vee

IX. There shall be an Executive Committee COll­

sisting of the President, Treasurer and Secretaries, with two .members of the Board of Trustees to be elected for. the purpose, whose duty it shall be to attend to the general working of the institution.

X. Ther,e shall be an Examining Committee com­posed of four foreigners and four natives, representing the following four constituencies, viz., 1. Presbyterians and Congregationalists; 2. English Episcopalians and Ameri­can Episcopalians; 3. Baptists; 4. Methodists. All books and tracts published by the Society shall be examined and approved by this Committee, which shall contain not more than two members from the same ecclesiastical connection, and no book or tract shall be published to which any member of the Committee shall object.

XI. Meetings of the Executive Committee shall be held monthly, and frequent correspondenee shall be maintained with the various Auxiliary Societies.

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XII. An annual report shall be published in Chinese and English, bearing on the condition and opera­tions of the Society.

XIII. 'rhe Board of Trustees shall fill all vacancies occl1rring in the Executive and Examining Committees in the manner provided for the election of new Trustees.

XIV The Board of Trustees shall meet annually on the first Thursday after the fifteenth of January, and at the call of the President, at such other times as may be necessary.

XV. An Annual Meeting of the .Subscribers shall be held on the first Sunday after the Annual Meeting of the Board of Trustees, at which the President of the Board of Trustees, or in his absence one of the Vice­Presidents, shaH preside.

XVI. This constitution shall not be altered or amended except by the Board of Trustees, and not then till a notice of the proposed amendment, signed by at least ten members of the Board, shall hare been sent to each member of the Board at least six months previous to the amendment.

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BY-LAWS OF THE

CHINESE RELIGIOUS TRACT SOCIETY.

I. DUTIES OF 'IHE PRE~IDENT AND VICE-PRESIDENTS.

The President shall preside at all meetings of tho Boarn of Trustees, Executive Committee and Annual

. Meetings of the Subscribers, and in his absence, one of the Vice-Presidents shall take his place.

II. DUTIES 011' 'l'HE CORRESPONDING SECRETARIKS.

It shall be the duty of the Corresponding Secretaries to keep up communication with Auxiliary and other Societies, and with such persons as are interested in the work.

III. DUTIES OF THE RECORDING SECRETARIES.

It shall be the du tyof the Recording Secretaries to record, in Chinese and English, the minutes of the meetings of the Board of Trustees and of the Annual Meeting of the Subscribers, and pI'epa.t·e extmcts for publication.

IV- DUTIES OF THE 'l'REASUHER.

1. It shall be the duty of the Treasnrer to receive and deposit with the Ba.nk hereafter designated, all monies belonging to the Society, and payout t.he same by order of the Executive Committee. All orders on the 'rreasurer shall be. signed by the Chairman and Secretary of the Executive Committee.

2. The monies of this Society shall be deposited with the Hongkong and Shanghai Bank.

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3. The Treasurer shall, at the Annual ~reetings of the Board of rrrustees, make a report of all tha funds received and disbursed by him during the year. rrhis report shall be submitted to au Auuiting Committee appointed by the President of the Board of Trustees.

4. r!'he books of the Treasurer shall at all times be open to the inspection of the members of the Board of 'l'l'ustees.

V DUTIES OF TErm EXAMINING COMMrrTEE.

1. In examining books for publication the question concerning the Chinese terms that should be used for God and Holy Sp'l:rit shall not be taken into consider­ation by the Examining Committee.

2. No controversial work with regard to these terms shall be published by this Society.

3. If sanctioned by the Examining Committee, the Executive Committ,ee shall be allowed to publish per­iodicals in the interest of the Christian religion, and the Examining Committee shall exercise a general super­vision over all such publications.

VI. DUTIES OF THE EXECUTIVE COMMIT'rEE.

If the Board of Trustees fail to hold its Annual ):[ee tin g, the Executive Committee shall make the necessary arrangements for the Annual l\1eeting of the Subscribers.

PROPOSED CONSTITUTION FOR AN aUXILIAR,Y TRACT SOOIETY.

THE ~ONSTITUTION OF THE----------TRACT SOCIETY,

A UXTLIA.BY OF

THE CHINESE RELIGIOUS TRACT SOCIETY. I.-The object of this Society shall be to aid in

circulating Religious Books and Tracts throughout the Chinese Empire, but more especially to canvass each month in--,* visiting every family.

II.-The Officers shall be a President, Vice-President, two Secretaries (a native and a foreigner), a Treasurer, and as many Distributors as the Board of Managers shall deem necessary to work the field occupied by the Society.

IlL-These Officers shall constitute a Board of Managers, which shall meet monthly or oftener, to transact all business necessary to the working of the Society.

IV.-It shall be the duty of the Distributors to visit every family within their district once a month, and to jrnpart religious instruction and leave such Tracts as each case may seem to need; and by the sale of Books and Tracts and the collection of money to Becu~e the means for extending the work.

V.-The Officers shall be elected annually by the members at the Annual Meetings, though the Board may fill vacan.cies and appoint new Distributors.

VL-Each person subscribing to the funds of the Society--cash or upwards per annum, shall be con­sidered a member and be entitled to hold office and vote at the Annual Meeting.

VII.-Each person who subscribes at one time-­cash or upwards, shall be cOD!~idered a member for life.

'" Here designate the town, city or diBtrict the Society proposes to occupy.

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VIII.-An A:.nnual :M:eeting shaH be held on the first TUESDaY in January, at which reports by the Secretary

and Treasurer shall be presen ted, and on the following Sunday' an Annual Sermon shall be preached in Chinese' and if practicable in English.

IX.-A copy of the AU.Ilual Report shall he forwarded to the Corresponding Seoreta.ry of -tile ~al'ent Society at Shanghai.

[IX .CHINRSE.]

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This Constitution for an Auxilia:ry is merely sug­gested. Those who organize these Societies will make such changes as suit their circumstances.

The systematic visitation from house to house -has been greatly blessed in other lands, both to the visitor and visited.

Among our 40,000 native Christians in China, may be found a good corps of visitors, and there is certainly need enough of such labors among our neighbors.

We now ~ave an opportunity of helping the native Christians to organize, and of teaching them the duty of a Visitor or Distributor.

Under such an organization and the influence, and encouragement of Sister Societies in different parts of the empire, we may hope and pray for great results.

Those who are successful in securing the organization of Auxiliaries will please report the name of the Society together with the names of the officers and the date of .the first meeting, and send a ~copy of the constitution adopted.

BOOKS ON HAND AND DISBURSED.

Books and Tracts on hand Jan. 1st, 1889 Printed and bought in 1889 ...

Total ~ales and grants, 1889

Balance of hand Jan. 1st, 1890

310,065 248,658

558,723 260,922

297,801

These 260,922 tl'acts' equal about 4,660,814 pages, besides seventy-one copies of foreign books and five or six hundred lithographed colored cards for New Year, Christmas, Prizes, etc.

TIle tracts of more than one page that have had the argest sale are as follows :-

Copief'. The Two Friends,*... by Rev. Dr. Milne. 4,022

Pages. 229,137

Great Themes of the Gospel, by Rev. Dr. John. 2,910 The Way of Salvation, by Charles Schmidt. 2,631 Catechism of Christian Doctrine, by Mrs. Dr.

58,200 68,406

Nevius. ... 2,183 91,686 Of the sheet tracts, aside from the calendar, the following

had the greatest sale:-

The Prodigal Son Trusting Heaven Eternal I.Jife ... The Light-house The Snare The Sower

Copies. The Ven. Archdeacon Moule. 4,456

Tsoong Ts-nung. 4,292 4,186

Rev. H. Randle, M.D. 3,935 Rev. Samuel Dyer. 3,640

Tsu Tsok-san. 3,480 Rejecting the False and Reverting

to the True Rev. Dr. John. 2,860 On Regeneration " " " 2,850 True Happiness ... TsooDg Ts-nuDg. 2,730

• Two editions, one in Wen-Ii and one in Mardarin.

Origin of All Things .• CUl'e for the Opium Ha.bit

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The rrl'lie Savioul' -of the W ol'ld

rrhe True W ny of -Seeking Happiness Exhortation to Repentance ...

Rev. Dr. John.

" " " " " " " " " " " "

BOOKS, ETC., PRINTED IN ] 8S9.

NI.£W WORKS •

.=~rp~~ Catechism 011 Three Religions Rev. H. C. DuBose.

~ ~ II, ~I Introduction to the Bible (sheet) "

" " ilJ 'ill: -aB IJ, 51

Introduction to Genesis

IN )jiM 1t j], 51 Introduction to the Gospels

1Y! ~ fi 1f jj, 51 Introduction to the Acts

~g1it~ Things to be rrhaukfuI for

jJ, ~ Y.J m The Use of a Child ...

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"

"

" " "

" " -"

" " " Rov. l!' H. James.

-.. " " "

Copi('s. ~,600

2,350 2,340 2,3]0

2,290

Copies. 5,000

10,000

10,000

10,000

10,000

5,000

5,000

{~ tit ;11 ~~ Rules for Church .Membel's ... . .. Rev. Geo. Miller. 5,000

rp, j~' ~ !ll I- ~ Self-Examination ... . .. ... " Book of Cuts

REPRINTS.

" " 5,000

100

xmlll« Evidence of Uilristianity Rev.A. P. I\Iartin,D.D.,LD.D. 5,000

~ tt ~ il; Way of Salvation Mr. Charles Schmidt. 5,000

:!itmg,~ Easy Introduction to Christianity D.H.McCartee,M.D. 5,000

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it3Cllt;f}i TrustiJlg l-:IeU"ell (sheet) Tsoong Ts-nung.

Copies. 5,uOO

~ ffria Tl'Ue Ha ppi ness

" " " 10,000

~i fa The Light.-Louse

" Rev. II. Randle, M.D. 10,000

",",jif1l Religiuns Allegories Rev. W.A. P. :Martin, D.D.,LL.D. 5,000

ffit~liI Calelldars ... Rev. E. H. Thomson. 55,000

J.t *l Child's Paper 34,600

:m: fIt Clliut'l:Ie Illustrat.ed News 27,400

227,100

)!Jt. 1889.

Dec.S! II " " " "

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THE CHINESE RELIGIOUS TRACT SOCIETY IN

.:'1'0 Printer's bill, account of 1888 " Native editor's sa]ltry, 13 months " Bills for printing books, tracts, circulars, &c. " Books, tracts, &c., donated " Mailing', wrappers, postage, &c. " Freight, duty and coolie hire ... " Commissions on sales by agents " Advertising and sundries " Balance in hand

Cash as above Jewellery, say

ASSETS.

1,001 stereos and electroplates 1 case for do. say ... Printing paper, 17 reams and 9 quires Chinese Books in Depository ... Foreign books .. Christmas and New Year's Cards

Total assets E. and O. E.

$2,813.02 ... 75.00 2,000.00

• .. 30.00 ... 45.37 3,890.82

... 24:2.05 .. 30.95

9,1~7.21

J. E. CARDWELL,

Treasurer. Audited and found correct,

C • .Ii'. REID.

YOUNG J. ALLEN.

$ cts. 6699

19500 2,77793

5162 12934

2987 474·2 7456

2,81302

6,18575 iiiiiiiiiiiI

ACCOUNT WITH THE REV. J. E. CARDWELIr, TREAS. 4!tt. 1889. Dec. 81

.. "

I $ lets. E,. Ra~a~ce brought forward ...... ..A~,184 80 It DONATIONS, Rev. Dr. McFarla.nd, Siam... $20.00

Rev. H. N. Woo, Shanghai ... 6.00 Miss F. W. Bowen,Cambridge,

Mass. 1.00 Rev. W. L. Kolb, Bristol, Pa't

$1 gold 1.26 Theodore A. Wilkatis, Treas.

De Witt ... Memorial Chinese S. R., N. Y. The Religious Tract Society The Am. Tract Society

7.20 638.03 453.91 1,12739

" Subscriptions to periodicals last year 84.796 " 'I"" this year 38100 .t Sale of books, tracts, &c. 999 83 " Interest on money in Bank 14A 17

PARTICULARS OF BALANCE, 1889-Calh. assets, deposit note .n,046.97

" " 1,452.85 Current account 1,157.04 Cs.sh in safe 16.80

$3,673.66 Less due printer 860.64

$2,818.02

6.18575

ENGLISH BOOKS AND TRACTS FOR SALE

By the Ohinese Religious 'i'met Society at its Depo.sitory,

18 Pekhl- Road, Shangha·i. No. 1001 Jacob Abbott

1002 The Mother at Home

1003 Advice to Young Chl.'istians

1004 The Altar in the House ...

1005 American Pictures (7'It01'OCCO, giltj

1006 On Amusements ...

1007 Annals of the Poot'

1008 Anxious Inquirer

1009 Among the Mongols

1011 Bible Readers Help

1012 Ditto

JOl3 The Crook and the Lot

1016 Evidences of Christiauity

1017 Central Africa, Joplln and Fiji ...

1(118 Clu'ietian Home Life

1020 Come to Jesus

]02l Conversion of St. Paul

1023 Dl'ierstock ...

1024 Earnest Exhortations

1025 Elijah the Tishbite

1026 Everyday Life in India

1027 Esther Ray

1028 Fl'Og Alley

1029 Glimpses of Life in Afl'ien.

1030 George Wayland ...

loa1 The Golden Treasury

1032 Great 'l'rLltbs in Simple Words

1033 Hampered

1034: Heaven Anticipated

1035 Heavenly Recognition

1036 Holiday Picture Bouk

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1042 It is Well ... 104-3 Jesus in Bethany ..• 1044 Jim's Make-up 1045 J ohuny McKay ... 1046 Jonah the Prophet 1049 Last Days of Christ 1051 Leofwine the Monk 1052 Life of Harlan Page 1053 Life and Adventure in Japan 1054 Life's Morning 1055 Life's Noontide ..•

1056 Life's Evening 1060 Ling Bank Cottage 1061 Mervedo •.• 1062 Memoir of Harlan Page ..• 1065 Morning Thoughts 106G My Little Corner 1068 Nelson's Cure for Infidelity

1069 Nobody Loves Me 1070 Old Highways in China. ... 1071 Old Blind Ned 1072 Our Little Ones in Paradise

10i3 Our Heavenly Father 1074 Pastoral Reminiscences ... 1015 Persecutions in Scotland 1077 Pilgrim Fathers 5018 Pleasant Paths 1080 Purgatory 1081 Quiet Corners

10B2 Sabbath Manual

1083 Saved at Sea 1085 Star of Bethlehem 1086 Swiss Pictures 1087 The Sabbath 1088 The Commandments

1089 Temperance Volume

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1096 Wayside Springs ...

1097 Young .1l1an from Home ... ]098 Ditto

1099 child Life in Ci1ina

1l0l A Visit; to Aunt Agnes

1102 Little Frank's Farm

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1103 The Cottager and Artisan (girt)

1105 Text Card

1]06 '1'oy Books

1107 Bible Dictionary

11 09 Home Scenes

1112 Through Bible Lands

1113 Women of the Bible

1114 Last Days of Gr1l'ist

1115 Folded Hands

1117 Old Bible ...

1118 Rock of Our Salvation

1120 Folded Hands

1122 Bible Text Book .. ,

1123 Hibts and Thoughts

1124 Home Songs

1125 Songs for the Little Ones

] 126 The Home Garden

1127 ileart Life

1128 Wayside Springs ...

1129 Th~ Anchor of the Soul

U30 'l'he Christian and his Cross

1132 Round by Round ...

ll33 Sunset Hours of Life

1135 Words of Comfort

1136 Wayside Springs (gilt)

1137 Everyday Life ~n· India

1138 Harry's Trip to the Orient

1140 Tall Chestnuts at Vandyke

1141 Cluny Macpherson

1144 D~~can Kennedy's New Home ...

1149 Dick Langtlon's Career ...

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No. 1150 Foxwood Boys

1152 Vacation Days

1153 Yusef iu Egypt

1155 Frolio at the Seaside

1156 Frolio on a Journey

1157 Thorny Path

HilS '1'he Cauary Bird ...

1159 Frolic at l\laplegrove

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1162 Helps over Ha-rd 1:'iaces, f01' Girls

11(i7 Little Margery

1169 Life of Christ

11 70 In the Temple

1172 The Girl's Own AUIIun.1

1] 73 Girl's 0"'11 Book (gilt)

1176 Ohild's Oompallion

1179 Friendly Greetiugs

1182 Tract Magazine

1185 Launching the Life.boat

1188 A ul:Itraliml PioLures

IH.i4 Daily Food

Jl!J5 Ditto (morocco)

1197 Poeket Book & Scripture Galeudu{'

1198 Hinduism

1219 Story of a Yellow Hose ...

1223 t-i(ll.ire Belltley's Treut

1224 TIIC Blessed Palm

1225 Oleopatm's Kcedle

1~3:3 Oaleb Gaye's Success

121)5 :Fruits of Bible Lauds

123G Hagged Robill

1:2:-)8 Dark Days of Decemher

124-:1: The 1Iiotlieriess Bairlis

1248 Cinll:1ll1011 Isla,1ll1

124g The ChilJa Clip

1260 Life of Oberlin

12Gl Life of L:Ltilller

12{)B Wit an<1 Wisdom of 'l'llOmns Fellow

1270 Infallible W<ly to 01)ULcllturel1L

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52 No. 1271 Short Biographies for the People

1212 The Town's Benefactor ...

1214 Across the Water

1215 Readings for Winter Gatherings

1283 We Two Together

1284 Cookside Lads

1291 An Upward Life .. .

1306 Daniel's Venture .. .

1313 Young Sir Richard

1330 Berthold the Goatherd

1336 Seven Years for Hachel •••

1331 Nearly in Port

1338 Maggie Dawson

1339 Ida Nicolan

1341 Maddalena

1346 The Gospel in South India

1347 The Two Crowns .. ,

1352 Child's Companion Almanack

1353 People's Almanack

1354 A Peep behind the Scenes

1355 Christie Redfern's 'l'roubles

]381 Home Scenes

1389 Universal Beliefs

1390 Natural Laws

13!)2 Golden TreasUl'e .. .

]395 Bridal Souvenir .. .

1396 Ch. Mother's Affectionate Advice

1397 Daily Food

1399 Ditto

1401 Three-fold Cord

1402 Ditto

1403 Day Dawn

1404 Dew Drops

1401 Arrow Reid Light

1408 Dear Old Stories ...

1409 Pictures of Life ...

1410 Pictures and Stories

1411 Hindered and Helped

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